Madam In Gambia, as in all dictatorships, the Fuhrer's word is law. When Tyrant Junkung wants a law, he decrees one verbally, as in, for example, his banning of FGM discussions on the public media. And when the benevolent tyrant wants a law repealed, he just says it, and there! The unschooled despot is now asking Gambians what else they want, after all he has supposedly done for them. We are in a sorry mess indeed!!! Pa Modou >From: Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: DEGREE 89 IS HISTORY >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:01:29 +0200 > >Mr. Tombong Saidy, >please enlighten me a bit, and excuse me being ignorant. > >One thing is a president making a declaration in a speech held to celebrate >july 22nd. Our Prime Minister does the same on certain occasions. But that >is not the same as presenting the same idea as a bill in the parliament and >get it through. Does the Gambia constitution give the President the >absolute >power to put decrees into action and then later in a speech just take them >out of action again ? >Is decree 89 no longer existing from the day of july 22nd? > >Regards from Asbjørn Nordam > > >on 22/07/01 17:42, TOMBONG SAIDY at [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > President Jammeh has lifted the ban on all political parties and > > politicians. He made this declaration today, JULY 22ND 2001. DEGREE 89 >is > > history. All former politicians are now free to either join existing > > political parties, form new ones or rejuvenate their old parties. > > > > > > PEACE > > > > Tombong > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L > > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > You may also send subscription requests to > > [log in to unmask] > > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your > > full name and e-mail address. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------